It was not for this that [your] wife came to you and forsook [her] father and mother and all [her] house, that she might be treated despitefully, that you might take/go off with a 'cheap' slave-girl..[with songs to her?] , that you might [have] countless fights/quarrels.. you took a companion, and a partner of life, and a free woman, and one who is of equal honour.

Have I got the right general sense, at least? I would expect a full stop after πολέμους. Could anyone explain?

If you're doing real academic work, you should, of course, cite an edition more recent than Migne if one is available. I think there is a more recent edition by Daniela Mazzoni Dami in the Studi e Testi series but I have not consulted it.

Thanks, Stephen, very much. I had intended to check what was in that book, but a review had said it contained sermons on Paul's epistles, so I had thought it was unlikely to have this one. It also has Encomium ad Maximum, which I needed as well. Do you know if there is a translation of Fragments in Proverbs?

I am writing to an academic, but he uses Migne himself, so I am sure it's fine. The TLG's reference is to Migne - I had assumed that they have the best text, and that this would be the standard text for academic purposes. Is that right?